In the sporting world, there is something called the "make-up call." Umpires and referees deny it exists, but the idea is that when they blow a call — and the crowd is always happy to point out when this has occurred, employing the time-honored technique of booing, chanting, yelling obscenities or flinging empty beer cans upon the grass or the court — then the folks in the striped shirts make up for the error by indulging in yet another incorrect call. This time, however, the mistake is on purpose, and because it benefits the team that received the short end of the stick from the previous miscue, the referee has "made up" for the original error. Justice...

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